Sapphires on Wednesday by Malcolm Gair
Malcolm Gair was the pseudonym of Scottish author and historian John Dick Scott (1917-1980). He became Assistant Principal at the Ministry of Aircraft Production in London during the war, and joined the Cabinet Office as an official war historian in 1944. He was...
Friday’s Forgotten Book: A Bullet in the Ballet by Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon
Caryl Brahms was the name used by Doris Caroline Abrahams (1901-1982), an English critic, novelist, and journalist specializing in the theatre and ballet. She also wrote film, radio and television scripts. She collaborated with a Russian friend, S. J....
Dupe by Liza Cody
Liza Cody introduced Anna Lee, an early female private investigator in the book Dupe (Collins, 1980), which won the CWA John Creasey Memorial Dagger for best debut crime novel of the year in 1981 and was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best First Novel in 1982. Anna...